William Paulsen introduces a fascinating maze based solely on the distribution of the prime numbers. Balaji extrapolates this to all of human knowledge. We live in a materialistic universe and we expand our knowledge just as we advance our exploration of the proposed maze. Because the universe is fundamentally mathematically organised. This theory does not take a stance on the simulation theory or the Hoffman's interface theory. Those are just some potential explanations of knowledge items we are still ignorant of.

The Prime Number Maze

Science has not answered fundamental questions:<ul><li>How did life appear? Is there a formula for bio-genesis?</li><li>What is consciousness? What makes you... you?</li><li>What is the definition of life? Why are viruses more alive than rocks? Is suffering where we draw the line?</li></ul>

Unanswered Scientific Questions

Starting new states is a core issue of our current status-quo. Starting new "digital nations" should be similar to starting a community. America used to thrive on the competition between states. The same spirit can be replicated in the digital realm because we tech like crypto are enabling innovation in state forming, because the constitution can be written down into code.

Governments are resistant to innovation

Is a new kind of online community that crowdfunds land around the world, networks it together, and eventually attains diplomatic recognition.<ul><li>The community element is key, because the citizens need strong alignment. A social network like Facebook is can not be a state because there is nothing uniting the users.</li><li>There needs a capacity for collective action. </li></ul>

A Network State

A community can needs a cave (a private space for users to interact) & a commons are (for community interaction). <ul><li>Twitter is common with some caves in the private messages</li><li>Facebook is semi-private, meaning is public</li><li>Reddit has lots of commons with different rules, the sub-reddits</li><li>Discord is a collection of distributed communities.</li></ul>

Cave & Commons in Online Communities

In an online community you can be:<ul><li>anonymous (like on 4chan where there is no relationship to a person)</li><li>use a pseudonym (like a Reddit username that collects karma)</li><li>use your real name aka the state name</li></ul>Crypto allows to maintain a pseudonymous identity you can trade with, without being survived or canceled. Using pseudonyms will help combat discrimination, or using AI you could scale your presence (say participating virtually in a metaverse). And the state name is not made for the internet (impossible to secure & prone to error).

The pseudonym economy

Also known as the politician's logic is a logical fallacy of the form:<ul><li>We must do something.</li><li>This is something.</li><li>Therefore, we must do this.</li></ul>The argument useless an undefined middle section, thus allowing a politician to focus strictly on the gravity of the problem.

Politician's syllogism

I am familiar with Balaji's ideas but he is a fascinating dude so I am always finding new stuff. These are some of the new items I discovered.

Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Policygenius: https://www.policygenius.com/ - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex to get 25% off premium - Notion: https://notion.com - Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Balaji's Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis Balaji's Website: https://balajis.com Books: 1. The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com 2. Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6 3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP 4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD Articles: 1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization 2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (01:24) - Prime number maze (27:37) - Government (43:53) - The Network State (53:57) - Pseudonymous economy (1:17:43) - Exit (1:32:24) - Building a network state (2:20:11) - Wikipedia (2:57:41) - Fixing science (3:24:09) - Fixing the FDA (4:55:18) - Longevity (5:14:15) - Donald Trump's ban from social media (5:43:34) - War (5:50:43) - Censorship (6:04:42) - Social media (6:20:58) - Wokeism and communism (6:39:46) - Cryptocurrency (6:57:18) - AI, AR, and VR (7:09:17) - Advice for young people (7:42:12) - Regulating logic

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Everyone tries to market themselves as someone they are not. That's why relying on first impressions is a shitty way of making judgments.The best way is to look at their actions and wait until you gather enough real-life data.Making assumptions without the right data will never give you an accurate analysis of a person.

First Impressions Can Be Delusional

Admire people and learn from them. But don’t become someone’s blind follower.The element of honesty is what separates blind following from admiration.Honesty removes the fake image of perfection from your eyes. Instead, you see ordinary, accessible people with flaws and struggles, just like you. That’s why you admire them, for their reality.

Admire, Don’t Follow

When you see perfect people online, you realize that you lack something they don’t, which causes self-doubt.The thing is, you don’t have any real-life data about them. You have no idea what they are like in real life.In real life, people aren’t perfect. People have so many flaws that even they aren’t aware of.

Perfection Only Exists Online

Getting depressed or motivated by rejection only means that you are desperate for another person’s approval, which you definitely shouldn’t be.Rejections have nothing to do with you. It is you who has to decide your self-worth. Nobody knows “you” more than you.

Rejections Are Normal

You never stop chasing those things that make you happy or give you immense joy. Once you get something pleasurable, you crave more.Happiness doesn’t last for eternity. Therefore, one should continually strive for self-satisfaction. The search for self-satisfaction gives us peace of mind and happiness as a product.

Stop Chasing Happiness

Specialness is something you earn. If you need somebody else to tell you that you are special, then you have not done anything to earn it. People aren’t qualified enough to decide whether someone is special or not.Specialness should be the feeling felt on upgrading in life after mastering a skill.

Specialness Is Earned

Everything you’ve learned so far comes from someone telling you how to feel and what to think. If you want to become intelligent, you have to admit that you don’t know anything or that what you know is probably wrong.Avoid blindly following beliefs and learn to question. Wrong beliefs make you stupid; it’s the right ones that set you free.

Learn How to Think

These ideas are not intended to teach but to make you think.

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Swetabh Gangwar is a novelist, public speaker, professional problem-solver, and has over two million followers on YouTube. He dedicatedly solves people's problems sent to him on his Instagram (@mensutra) and makes videos on as many as he can. He defines it as the purpose of his life and what truly brings him meaning. 

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The Rudest Book Ever

Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and Face your future with fear.

You can't sell dreams to someone who has been through nightmares.

Its natural, you lose a lot of buddies when you become serious for your goals and life.

We mature with damage, not with the years.

Everybody loves you until you become the competition

You have two ears and one tongue, follow the ratio, listen more & talk less

We stopped checking for monster under our bed, when we realized it's inside us.

Life has no remote you have to get up & change it yourself.

Smile, because it confuses people Smile, because it's easier than explaining what is killing you inside.

You will never feel the misery done to someone until the same is done to you.

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Life Changing Joker

I barely report about my own life but this time it seems necessary. Reimagine your life, im sure there were times where you underestiminated someones ability to solve a quest. When i learned one thing in doing a body power-based job for nearly 8 years, then that we all have the possibilities to shine in a specific topic.

Your interests define your abilities and your will to tell others about it, will define in which way you will be accepted as an intellectual. As soon i had started my second carreer in the IT section, i managed near the same or more contacts per day as the old elite in my company. One could say quantity isnt a sign of success, but i also got much less reports then others when i handled the topic the wrong way. Regardless of my illness which prevents doing a normal job anymore, i found my way out of the boredom where no one seemed to have an urge for deeper conversations.

Dont take the same road of missing respect and be open for others abilities, as well as your own. The choice of your input, wether videos, podcasts, books or other types of media will take you nearer to a fullfilled life. Allow yourself to shine in a world that seems filled with more and more garbage every day.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Danger of Underestimination

People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.

Individuality, extraordinary treatment, and ordinary beings.

Human, All Too Human

Creative writing, filmmaking, painting, sculpting, singing and dancing are just some examples of things that most of us link to the word “art”. Still, there are four ways in which we can examine whether a particular “art” has fulfilled its role and purpose or not. These four ways are imitationalism, formalism, instrumentalism, and emotionalism.

Philosophy Of Art 

Imitationalism: Believing in the “imitation” The key principle of imitationalism is that authentic art should imitate actual shapes. This philosophy of art says that more an art piece looks like it was right in front of the viewers’ eyes, the more that piece becomes decent art.Other art aspects also play parts even though the eyes (or the overall visuals) often become the primary things that belong to the imitationalism’s judgment. For instance, the textures, light adjustments, proportions, and perspectives, should mimic the actual shapes as much as possible.

Limitationalism

Formalism: More emphasis on the visual aspectsFormalism is somewhat similar to imitationalism in the way that formalist artists emphasize the visual aspects of the art. Nonetheless, the formalism perspective judges the arts in a more detailed manner in terms of their visual aspects.So, people who follow formalism ideas will judge art based on its line qualities, color compositions, and other relevant elements and principles. After all, this philosophy of art believes art is only good when it fulfils the creative ways and what it looks like to the audience.

Formalism

Instrumentalism: Focusing on the messageAn instrumentalism perspective judges art in different ways than the first two perspectives. Instrumentalist artists will judge art based on what messages is it trying to convey rather than the visuals or how “realistic” it appears.Therefore, we can find instrumentalist artists in various sectors, such as politics, economics, sociology, and more. These artists believe the most magnificent arts are the thought-provoking ones. In other words, these arts should spark healthy discussions and debates among the viewers.

Instrumentalism

Emotionalism: Evoking the emotional responsesBoth instrumentalist and emotionalist artists pay more attention to the messages behind the arts than they do on the form. This attribute makes them different from artists who follow the formalist or the imitationalist perspectives.This aspect is the thing that makes it different from instrumentalism. So an emotionalist artist will see art as a great art if it invokes a person’s emotional reaction. In other words, the arts are judged as “decent” when the person seeing them feels happy, sad, awkward, and more, after sensing the arts in different ways

Emotionalism

One main philosophy of art is often not enough for a person to judge it. Most people fall into two categories of a perspective. For example, a person can have a mixture of instrumentalism and imitationalism. As a result, they judge art based on whether it can probe into the audiences’ thoughts but also based on how each element resembles the actual stuff.At the same time, people almost always have one perspective that is least important to them. Such a perspective means they don’t pay attention to that aspect when they judge art.

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Wake up on 8 AMGonna start on 9 AM for the reportIt's 9 o clock, wait I have to publish some content on DeepstashIt's 10 : 15 AM, Wait I need to go for some Excel sheetsOn 11 AM waiting to decide for above three of themOn 11 : 40 AM you take a bathIts 12 : 30 PM time for a lunchOn 1 PM you feel drowsy & sleepSorry from 1 to 4 PM you do sleepYour trigger point starts at exactly 4 : 30 or 6 : 30 PMYou just merely have 5 to 7 hrs left from the goddamn 17 hrs working time period.Productivity : 18.9 %

Story Of OVERTHINKING

Scientific Report Making : Not Creative But lengthy, need to Flush it in the morning.Deepstash Content : Interesting and Creative bang it in the afternoon as interest requires less focus.Excel : Tactical and Maths-taking always approach it in the evening after freshening your mind.Productivity : 91.3 %

Solution

Mel Robbins : 54321 Rule Reverse Count 54321 on the bed before starting the day, its the easiest habit to establish prior starting your day. Train your mind to do it everyday won't work in singles.

How To Start ?

Start NowStart where you are Start with FearStart with PainStart with Doubt Start with your Hands Shaking Just Start

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It might sound stereotypical, but a lot of people have this perspective of scientists being less artistic and more rigid than others. Meanwhile, artists are usually perceived as people who are less rational than the rest of the population. Often described as the right side of the brain versus the left side, or artistic creativity versus logical thinking, artistic and scientific minds are usually considered polar opposites.

Artistic Vs Scientific Mind

At first glance, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso probably don’t have many things in common. While one is responsible for some of the most crucial scientific breakthroughs in history, the other one is known for his celebrated and impressive artistic masterpieces. If you compare an artistic mind and a scientific mind, you might be surprised that they actually have many things in common.

Scientists vs. Artists: Great Minds Think Alike

Throughout history, great scientists and artists shared one common trait, and this is none other than curiosity. Artists and scientists view the world with this thirst for knowledge and they work hard to comprehend how it works. Artists express their views of the world in physical art pieces while scientists meticulously test their theories.

To put it simply, both scientists and artists tread on the same path of initial free thought until they reach the point where they need to act. This is the part where the path divides into two. Those with a scientific mind follow a certain set of rigorous rules and testing to get to their point of understanding.

While most onlookers may see the fields of science and art as two totally different things, the truth is that there is a strong connection that binds them together. Both of them have inquisitive minds.

The key difference between science and art all boils down to the modern attitude of form and rules.In general, modern science seeks to shore up and reevaluate the years of research that led to the present conception of today’s material world.Once new knowledge recasts or disrupts the existing framework of knowing, science doesn’t radically shift or overhaul its base rules but adapts them more cautiously instead.

Differences between Artistic Mind and Scientific Mind

Modern art has almost as many discoveries when it comes to aesthetics and form, but it is more susceptible to radical shifts and usually veers off tradition, which is what happens at least to the most popular forms of art.

It wouldn’t be easy to claim that every artist that operates in the modern era ditches tradition, although high-profile examples tend to do so. Every time you see news about modern artists, they don’t seem like they want to make incremental advances in the knowledge field – unlike scientists that seem to do so. They may be making a more radical turn in a completely different direction altogether.

As expected, even if art and science are distinct from each other in terms of knowledge use, these two fields overlap massively. The obsession with knowledge from the two ends typically means that the thought process of the scientific mind and artistic mind is more similar than you might think.

I love to learn new things. Especially when it has strong evidence through the light of science. I'm sharing these ideas with all of you.

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What does it take to be a stoic?Should you be taking every rule in the book and devotedly applying it?Here in this stash, we will discuss a bit of why we should want to be Stoic.

STOICISM - being stoic 

There are hundreds/thousands/millions of ways to keep yourself happy. But being happy on your own and within your own, now that’s the power that we must withhold. It is the power brought to you by the stoics.

HAPPINESS SHOULD NEVER BE OUTSOURCED. 

There will be times in this life when we want to present ourselves in a certain way; when we want to share and boast about our achievements and awards in life. But if and when we toss them away, we will achieve ultimate freedom. Freedom in life, freedom from anyone’s opinions, and freedom from external factors.

TOSS AWAY EGO and VANITY. 

Be as firm as you can. The Stoics don’t tippy-toe around certain areas of life, they stand their ground especially when it comes to morals.

STAND YOUR GROUND.

<ul><li>We do this because it is easier. It is easier when our beliefs can be bent for the sake of our benefit.</li><li>We do this because it is convenient for us and for us to have changeable beliefs and principles.</li><li>We do this so that it can directly benefit us. We do this so nothing in our way will be a hurdle/hindrance.</li></ul>

We forego our principles in the name of tolerance or for profit.

<ul><li>We are only able to be wise when we set and put up the intentions of being wise.</li><li>The first step to wisdom is wonder, insight, and the full acceptance that we are ignorant.</li><li>Intellectuals say that “The fools think that they know it all, but the wise know and admit he knows nothing.”</li></ul>

"No man was ever wise by chance." -Seneca

“The universe is change; Life is an opinion.”

How to be Stoic?

George Orwell -or Eric Arthur Blair- was an English writer who covered different genres: fiction novels, essays, journalism and criticism.He is world famous for his characteristic social criticism throughout his works, as well as his opposition to totalitarianism and staunch defense of social democracy.These values are reflected in all his writings, the most well known ones are:<ul><li>Animal Farm</li><li>Nineteen Eighty-Four</li><li>Homage to Catalonia</li></ul>Discover throughout this stash the most remarkable quotes found on Orwell On Truth.

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"You are free to be drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not free to think for yourself."from Burmese Days (1943)

"Intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country; but even in England it is not exactly profitable to speak and write the truth."from Fascism and DecomcracyThe Left News, (February 1941)

"In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are still believed in. They may be illusions but they are very powerful illusions."from The Lion and The Unicorn (February 1941)

"Art and propaganda are never quite separable."Literary Criticism II : Tolstoy and Shakespearebroadcast 7 May 1941The Listener, 5 June 1941

"What is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be trutfully written."from Looking Back on the Spanish War (1943)

"The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity."from The Prevention of LiteraturePolemic, January 1946The Atlantic Monthly,

"Political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudly vagueness."from Politics and the English LanguagePayments Book, 11 December 1945Horizon, April 1946

"Who controls the past, controls the future, who controls the present, controls the past."from Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."from Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

In this compilation of essays, reviews and excerpts from his novels, George Orwell examines what truth is for him and the dangers that certain political positions unravel.

'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.' This selection of George Orwell's writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell's unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion. 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.' Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell's letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including 'Fascism and Democracy', 'Culture and Democracy', 'Looking Back on the Spanish War', 'As I Please', 'Notes on Nationalism', 'The Prevention of Literature', 'Politics and the English Language' and 'Why I Write'.

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Politics

A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson. 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.' This selection of George Orwell’s writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell’s unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion. 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.' Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell’s letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including ‘Fascism and Democracy’, ‘Culture and Democracy’, ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’, ‘As I Please’, ‘Notes on Nationalism’, ‘The Prevention of Literature’, ‘Politics and the English Language’ and ‘Why I Write’.

Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.

Orwell on Truth

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